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Nonsequitars

• Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace industry analyst I read often, shared some interesting insights about Al Jazeera’s 787 documentary. He highlights not safety concerns, but rather a very damning view of Boeing’s worker morale, and it’s evolving culture. Having watched the documentary myself, I’m torn between seeing the blatant yellow journalism and Richard’s view. I think part of it is that the “ad-hoc” folks were goaded/led, I also think it was unprofessional to “blindside” of Boeing’s Larry Loftis (Boeing VP and GM of the 787 Program). Only time will tell how this plays out.
• FrequentMiler has been busy this week, he’s got a QuickDeal that Small Business Saturday Returns, and it’s pretty good, allowing 3 $10 statement credits per AMEX card — which beats the $25 per single purchase of a few years ago. Recently it was not even that good.
• From FlightGlobal Etihad released photos of its A380 in a new livery. Oh, and for those looking for cool aircraft – this week is UN Week, unfortunately UN dignitaries have already started leaving, but still some awesome pictures floating around.

Shopping Portals, Reselling, Oh My!

• FrequentMiler summarizes this week’s great shopping portal multipliers. Some have expired, some are still left, but there is much to learn. For starters: always be ready to jump on great deals.
• BigHabitat shared some insights, some little Holy Grails of Reselling, if you will. I think for the more cerebral resellers, this can be quite helpful. I know I certainly found some interesting things.

On Loyalty Programs

• I think DanDeals was the first to break that Aegean Air is changing their Miles+Bonus program, that will mean that Star Alliance Gold status will need to be earned each year (rather than just maintaining activity every three years). This was for a long time, a way to lifetime Star Alliance Gold.
• Lucky explain’s the impact of American Airlines baggage policy changing for separate tickets. I’m guessing it won’t impact a ton of folks, but for those traveling on American’s non-Oneworld partners, it’ll likely be felt.